Paradoxum,
Here's a grab from Stanley Grenz's,
The Moral Quest, in which he shows how a moral foundation, based on the Christian worldview, has strong implications for all of society.
Your culture in the UK and mine here in Australia have moral foundations (even though weak in many areas) that are based in a Christian worldview and its perspective on God, human beings, law & order, and how to change human nature. We have a Christian legacy that is fading, but I'd rather live here in Brisbane than in the Central African Republic, Syria, India, Cambodia or the Sudan because of the different worldviews and ethics practiced there.
Worldviews have their consequences. I've seen that after travelling the world and living in the USA & Canada as well. But I'm in my 60s.
Caring more for others is a VERY Christian perspective. Here are a few verses to reinforce this:
Caring For Others
Philippians 2:4 ESV
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Ephesians 4:32 ESV
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
John 13:34-35 ESV
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
1 John 3:17-18 ESV
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Proverbs 21:13 ESV
Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
1 Timothy 5:8 ESV
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Galatians 6:9-10 ESV
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Matthew 25:40 ESV
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
Proverbs 28:27 ESV
Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
Proverbs 19:17 ESV
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
I've taken this summary from: '
30 Bible verses about Caring for Others'.
With the selfishness in our cultures, the will to accumulate, and the desire for MORE, I can't see an increase in income equality and total elimination of poverty without a change in the sinful, greedy, human hearts of people around the world.
I know only one who can change that heart. His name is Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Saviour of the world.
Sincerely, Oz
I don't know, it's just the impression I got from what I understood about countries improving around the world.
Maybe it didn't come up when you saw my post, but I'm 23.
Well I agree we should probably care more for others, but it isn't a Christian thing. It's just a morality thing.
I'd say that the way government run themselves is also important. It isn't just about giving money.
I don't disagree. Income inequality should be decreased globally.